diff --git a/Control/StoreGateBindings/CMakeLists.txt b/Control/StoreGateBindings/CMakeLists.txt
index 0cef278f03cd4c514ad1e1378ca19664ee22ed38..3f973bbd6ebe2e0298924cf205bd1c5b1b08f680 100644
--- a/Control/StoreGateBindings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Control/StoreGateBindings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ atlas_subdir( StoreGateBindings )
 # Declare the package's dependencies:
 atlas_depends_on_subdirs( PRIVATE
                           Control/AthenaKernel
-                          Control/CxxUtils
                           Control/DataModelRoot
                           Control/SGTools
                           Control/StoreGate
@@ -24,13 +23,13 @@ atlas_add_library( StoreGateBindings
                    PUBLIC_HEADERS StoreGateBindings
                    PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
                    LINK_LIBRARIES StoreGateLib SGtests
-                   PRIVATE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaKernel CxxUtils DataModelRoot SGTools GaudiKernel )
+                   PRIVATE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaKernel DataModelRoot SGTools GaudiKernel )
 
 atlas_add_dictionary( StoreGateBindingsDict
                       src/StoreGateBindingsDict.h
                       StoreGateBindings/selection.xml
                       INCLUDE_DIRS ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                      LINK_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaKernel CxxUtils DataModelRoot SGTools StoreGateLib SGtests GaudiKernel StoreGateBindings )
+                      LINK_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaKernel DataModelRoot SGTools StoreGateLib SGtests GaudiKernel StoreGateBindings )
 
 # Install files from the package:
 atlas_install_python_modules( python/*.py )
diff --git a/Control/StoreGateBindings/cmt/requirements b/Control/StoreGateBindings/cmt/requirements
index 8f3a502d2fbb2453f4cf0070bb5e6a99d09e1d05..0940450edadc6f5052916205c160cab9f7a176c9 100644
--- a/Control/StoreGateBindings/cmt/requirements
+++ b/Control/StoreGateBindings/cmt/requirements
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use GaudiInterface 	GaudiInterface-* 	External
 use AtlasPython		AtlasPython-*		External 
 use AtlasROOT	 	AtlasROOT-*		External
 use AtlasReflex  	AtlasReflex-*  		External
-use CxxUtils            CxxUtils-*              Control
 use AthenaKernel	AthenaKernel-*		Control
 use SGTools             SGTools-*               Control
 use StoreGate	 	StoreGate-*		Control 
diff --git a/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/PyThinning.cxx b/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/PyThinning.cxx
index 099515b30de52b3cf47aa96f55e6ff84bef60a12..a272d763ab3216c5702bac39f5f0581c1622be78 100755
--- a/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/PyThinning.cxx
+++ b/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/PyThinning.cxx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "AthenaKernel/IThinningSvc.h"
 
 // SGTools includes
-#include "CxxUtils/unordered_map.h" // move to STL once available
 #include "SGTools/DataBucketBase.h"
 #include "SGTools/BaseInfo.h"
 
diff --git a/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/SgPyDataModel.h b/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/SgPyDataModel.h
index 027c0ea42c79a6befe5a084ed903e46e40eb5f42..68e6728e2d8e8b30e20c17bab49e9af7a0f43798 100644
--- a/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/SgPyDataModel.h
+++ b/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/SgPyDataModel.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 extern CLID PyCLID;
 
 // SGTools includes
-#include "CxxUtils/unordered_map.h" // move to STL once available
 #include "SGTools/DataBucketBase.h"
 #include "SGTools/BaseInfo.h"
 
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ extern CLID PyCLID;
 // PyROOT includes
 #include "AthenaPyRoot.h"
 
+#include <unordered_map>
+
 // fwd declares
 namespace SG { struct PyProxyMgr; }
 namespace SG { struct PyProxyDict; }
@@ -195,11 +196,11 @@ namespace SG {
     /// a dictionary of 'typename' -> CLID (and reverse CLID->'typename')
     PyObject* m_clids;
 
-    typedef SG::unordered_map<StoreGateSvc*,SG::PyProxyDict*> PyProxyMap_t;
+    typedef std::unordered_map<StoreGateSvc*,SG::PyProxyDict*> PyProxyMap_t;
     PyProxyMap_t m_proxyMap;
     
     /// a dictionary of CLID -> reflex typename
-    typedef SG::unordered_map<CLID, std::string> ClidMap_t;
+    typedef std::unordered_map<CLID, std::string> ClidMap_t;
     ClidMap_t m_clidMap;
 
     static
diff --git a/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/StoreGatePyExt.cxx b/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/StoreGatePyExt.cxx
index b3b3c5a1fe364a0c1fcef5d78604bce02144f633..3a99a9e6ee88133d171335977973e91d7b5079cd 100755
--- a/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/StoreGatePyExt.cxx
+++ b/Control/StoreGateBindings/src/StoreGatePyExt.cxx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "AthenaKernel/IClassIDSvc.h"
 
 // SGTools includes
-#include "CxxUtils/unordered_map.h" // move to STL once available
 #include "SGTools/DataBucketBase.h"
 #include "SGTools/BaseInfo.h"
 #include "SGTools/ClassID_traits.h"